People say that Ramana was in silence. His Upadesa, his teaching, was always through Silence; but you should not mistake Ramana's Silence for the silence of non-speech. He was in Silence and has communicated in silence. For us, communication is speech; for the Sage, communication is communication. He was giving a message in silence, but He was not in silence of not communicating. Even in our ordinary experience, we know that communication does not depend on speech.
The sound of the voice, the speech, is only a way of communication, but it is not the most important one. For the Sage, the greatest form of communication is Silence, but Silence does not imply absence of voice or speech... Ramana also spoke!
What we see in the mind is a speech that does not communicate and a sound that does not say anything. In our common day by day experience, we may notice that just a glance, a gesture, or a facial expression is sufficient for something to be communicated. When there is an anger face expression directed at you, you know the other is angry. When one opens a smile, you know he/she is happy to see you, that you make one fell well.
You are in Satsang to receive communication, to know what is being asked from you. You come to Satsang to find out how to Realize What You Are, and the primary premise is that you are in front of a Buddha, or it should be like that. You are here to find out how not to suffer anymore, how to make no mistake, how not to be unhappy. So, if that is the purpose in Satsang, you need to find out what to take and what to abandon, what is relevant and what is not relevant to you.
The question you have to formulate in Satsang is, "Who am I?" Then, you wait for communication, which may come by speech, by gesture, by look, by silence... If your willingness is to receive, to find out what you have to take and what you have to abandon, communication will come.
This picture for me [Master points to the picture of Sri Ramana Maharshi], during all these years, was not just an inert image, a facial expression. My Guru, the Master, was saying, through this picture, what was false and what was not, what was an illusion and what was real, what I had to take and what I had to abandon in order to realize Happiness. So, this image was never the same. It was always communicating this investigation.
It is no wonder at all, because life is all the time giving you signs of what are mere repetitions, habits and practices that mean absolutely nothing to you, to your Happiness, to your Realization, and you should let it go. In the same way, life is showing you what you should get, what is relevant and what is not relevant, what is important and what is not important.
In general, a person cannot see these signs of life, cannot see these expressions on the "face" of life. So, this person needs a living Master, a Guru, to see on the expression of a human face what is Real and what is not real, what is worth sustaining and what is not worth. Therefore, the Guru will always be important.
The Guru does not necessarily need to have a human form, but the Guru must have a face. If the Guru has a face, He/She is the Satguru, and if you can look at Guru’s face, He/She is your Master. Nevertheless, if you cannot look at his/her face, you are still blind. The ability to look at Guru’s face comes from a work of Grace, that mysterious power that provides you openness, intelligence and fervor... A Real Passion for That! I call It Grace, which is what gives you the possibility to approach This, so that you can see It.
I was blind, but now I see! You see, the face communicates, and then you have the intelligence, the fervor and the ability to "learn." You "learn" when you unlearn! When you unlearn your model, you "learn" what is Real. In a moment, this "face" will be smiling at you, and the next moment it will say, "You are holding what you should not hold, you are sustaining a misunderstanding, a mistake, a lie. Let it go!" In fact, this "face" is not Santa Claus’s communication - "Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas to everyone!" Santa Claus is an illusion and his bag of gifts too.
What are you sustaining that basically keeps you away from Realizing Happiness? What is your real impediment?
Participant I: Myself!
Master Gualberto: What is this "myself" which is the real impediment? If this "myself" is a fiction, how can it be a real impediment? How is this "I" configured? What is it made of?
Participant II: It is made of appreciation! When I value the thoughts that appear, when I give importance to it.
Master Gualberto: When you value your thoughts, what are you basically valuing?
Participant I: The illusion of someone separate, with his/her own life, who must have things the way he/she wants, who must have the desires achieved... It is conflict! It is to stand against life!
Master Gualberto: That´s it! Knowing what you want and what you do not want, the right and the wrong, what should be and what should not be. This is the impediment!
The sound of the voice, the speech, is only a way of communication, but it is not the most important one. For the Sage, the greatest form of communication is Silence, but Silence does not imply absence of voice or speech... Ramana also spoke!
What we see in the mind is a speech that does not communicate and a sound that does not say anything. In our common day by day experience, we may notice that just a glance, a gesture, or a facial expression is sufficient for something to be communicated. When there is an anger face expression directed at you, you know the other is angry. When one opens a smile, you know he/she is happy to see you, that you make one fell well.
You are in Satsang to receive communication, to know what is being asked from you. You come to Satsang to find out how to Realize What You Are, and the primary premise is that you are in front of a Buddha, or it should be like that. You are here to find out how not to suffer anymore, how to make no mistake, how not to be unhappy. So, if that is the purpose in Satsang, you need to find out what to take and what to abandon, what is relevant and what is not relevant to you.
The question you have to formulate in Satsang is, "Who am I?" Then, you wait for communication, which may come by speech, by gesture, by look, by silence... If your willingness is to receive, to find out what you have to take and what you have to abandon, communication will come.
This picture for me [Master points to the picture of Sri Ramana Maharshi], during all these years, was not just an inert image, a facial expression. My Guru, the Master, was saying, through this picture, what was false and what was not, what was an illusion and what was real, what I had to take and what I had to abandon in order to realize Happiness. So, this image was never the same. It was always communicating this investigation.
It is no wonder at all, because life is all the time giving you signs of what are mere repetitions, habits and practices that mean absolutely nothing to you, to your Happiness, to your Realization, and you should let it go. In the same way, life is showing you what you should get, what is relevant and what is not relevant, what is important and what is not important.
In general, a person cannot see these signs of life, cannot see these expressions on the "face" of life. So, this person needs a living Master, a Guru, to see on the expression of a human face what is Real and what is not real, what is worth sustaining and what is not worth. Therefore, the Guru will always be important.
The Guru does not necessarily need to have a human form, but the Guru must have a face. If the Guru has a face, He/She is the Satguru, and if you can look at Guru’s face, He/She is your Master. Nevertheless, if you cannot look at his/her face, you are still blind. The ability to look at Guru’s face comes from a work of Grace, that mysterious power that provides you openness, intelligence and fervor... A Real Passion for That! I call It Grace, which is what gives you the possibility to approach This, so that you can see It.
I was blind, but now I see! You see, the face communicates, and then you have the intelligence, the fervor and the ability to "learn." You "learn" when you unlearn! When you unlearn your model, you "learn" what is Real. In a moment, this "face" will be smiling at you, and the next moment it will say, "You are holding what you should not hold, you are sustaining a misunderstanding, a mistake, a lie. Let it go!" In fact, this "face" is not Santa Claus’s communication - "Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas to everyone!" Santa Claus is an illusion and his bag of gifts too.
What are you sustaining that basically keeps you away from Realizing Happiness? What is your real impediment?
Participant I: Myself!
Master Gualberto: What is this "myself" which is the real impediment? If this "myself" is a fiction, how can it be a real impediment? How is this "I" configured? What is it made of?
Participant II: It is made of appreciation! When I value the thoughts that appear, when I give importance to it.
Master Gualberto: When you value your thoughts, what are you basically valuing?
Participant I: The illusion of someone separate, with his/her own life, who must have things the way he/she wants, who must have the desires achieved... It is conflict! It is to stand against life!
Master Gualberto: That´s it! Knowing what you want and what you do not want, the right and the wrong, what should be and what should not be. This is the impediment!
* Presential meeting transcription, originally held in meeting held in João Pessoa city, Brazil, on December 2017. - First published in Portuguese on May 21, 2018. For more information, please access: http://mestregualberto.com.
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